The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-27 00:00:00

XONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. A rather better demand prevails to-day for money, but as the supplies of capital ate very abundant, no material alteration hes taken place in the rates charged for the best bills. There were no bullion operations at the Bank yesterday. No material change occurred in the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon. Since Monday last the .imports of specie have amounted to £312,280, and the exports to £514,600. Au important purchase has just bees completed through Messrs. Chadwick, Adamson,M'Kenna, and Co., Financial Ag c nts of London and Manchester. The agreement has been signed for the transfer of the iron and coal works and properties of Messrs. Bolckow and Vaughan, at Middleborougb,'Wilton• Park, Eaton, White Lee, Woodfield, Skeldon, West Auckland, and other places in Yorkshire and Durham. Upwards of nine thousand persons are employed at the various works. The whole of the properties and stock are taken by valuation. The estimated total purchase money will amount to about £1,500,000. The capital of the new com pany has been fixed at .£2,5C0,000 in 25,000 shares of £lOO each. The vendors take £400,000 of the capital in 8,000 shares with £5O paid up, and agree that no dividend shall be paid on such shares, unless an average dividend equal to /Os per annum for five years be paid to all the other shareholders. A deposit of £20,000 teas been paid, and a further sum of 1230,000 will he paid in January next, when possession will be given to the new company. The remainder of the capital will be subscribed privately, three.fourthe of it being already taken. The gentlemen who are concerned in the negotiation of this purchase, and who will be requested to act as provisional directors, are Messrs Benjamin Whitworth, John Cheetham, Alderman Poehin, James Holden, and George Wood. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris this day, aeerzding to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the French 3 per Cents. were 66t, 35c. Firm, There is a continuance of the recent dulness in the Stock Exchange, and the Funds appear to be the oaly security most affected. The daily opera tions in Console are of such a trivial character as to fail, in the absence of investors, to influence prices more than 1-16 per cent. at a time, and such move• ments as these are very seldom reported. Consols are now 881 891 for money, and 891 / for the account. The New Threes are 881 4, and the Reduced Annuities BS/ 1 ; Exchequer Bills, 20s. to 15s. dis. ; and India 5 per Cents., 1031 104. In the Foreign Market there is also very little business, and prices are steady. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 691 701; do. Consolides, 50/ ; Mexican, 281 8 ; do. New, 251 261; Greek, 231 1 ; Spanish Passive, 361 311; do. Certificates, 131 1 ; Portuguese, 47 : 1 ,-, y ; and the Confederate Loan, 774 781. In the Railway Share Market the operations have been on a very limited scale, and prices have not varied to any important extent. Lancashire and Yorkshire have declined 1; Midland has improved ; and South Eastern has receded I. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there has been no change of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares remain dull, Without any qu.)table change as regards values. BRITISH FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do Account, Aug. 8 3 per Cent. Reduced BBb 1 New 3 per Cent. New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894.... Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire bth Jan., 1880 — Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (Red bea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — MNrch, June, Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 &31 per Cent l5 20 Do £5OO Do £lOO and £2OO Bank England Sik, 51 per Ct. Do Account.. INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cont., April 1874.... 210 Do Account Do 5 per Cent. July, 18 7 0 Do Account Do 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888 — Do Certificates Do Account — Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) — Do 45 pet Cent — Do Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do 51 per Cent., May, 1879 -- Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 - Do Bondsll,6oo l5 Do under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 4aatrian Bonds, 5 per Cent — Brazilian 5 per Cent Do 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 ........ 85k Do 1863 — Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent .......... Ohilian 6 per Cent. Do 41 per Cent Colombian 6 per Cent Cuba, 6 per Cent. Do 5 per Cent. 1864 —, Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent --- Do, Provisonal Land Warrant -- Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do 4 per Cent, 1863 Egyptian 7 per-Cent.. 1021 Do, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Do Account .... ........ -- Do Coupons — Do Account.... Guatemala 5 per Cent. ................ Do 1839 and 1859 .................. Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremunana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent Do Account .................. Do 1861...•.••• _ Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — die Ditto Scrip, £23 paid.... — ISloorish Imperial b per Cent New Granada Do 2 per Cent. Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) — Do Debentures, 4 per Ct. April 1861 — Do do Zug., 1866 — Peruvian 41 per Cent Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) .. Do 45 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Portuguese 3 per Cent , 1853 Do Account — Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 — Do Account Rucsian 5 per Cent.. 1822, £ St — Do 45 per Cent., 1850 To 1860 Do 3 per Cent 1859 Do 5 per Cent, 1862 Do Anglo-Dutch Do Scrip, £4O paid Sardinian 5 per Cent — Do Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account Do rasAive Do Account...... bp•tuish Cert. of Coup not funded ;Do Account l3l / 13 / Swedish, 4 per Cent Do Scrip, £6O paid . prix Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1808 ...... . Do Account...... 721 Do £lOO Bonds .................... Do 6 per Cent. 1862 ................ Do Account .................... 70 Do £lOO Bonds .................... Do 1863 ............. Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.. ......... Venezuela 3 per Cent. ...... : ...... Do Account . *--• Do 6 per Cent., 1862 . .• -- Do Account.... Do Scrip £45 paid ... 'Cli 9 Dividends on the above payable in London . Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. -- Do Account . Belgian 0, per CenS„ Ex. 25f Dutch 2i per Cent.,, Ex. 12 Gull Do 4 per Cent. Certificates P.Bl Italian, 5 per Cen':., 1861, Ex. 25 francs Do .xecount..... French Renter, 2 - per Cent..... . Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 44 per Ct. Ex. 4s. Pielinontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f TWO O'CLOCK. Consols Money Do Account B9k I Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Rather firmer. Saks probably 5,000 bales, Hors.--The first two pockets of new Sussex hops grown by Mr IVilliam Kemsard, of Newielz, arrived at market yesterday, consigned to Messrs. Pottenden and Smith, and were sold by them at £7 10s per cwt. to Mr S, I. Hopkins, of Three Crown-square, Borough, and IV or- Crater. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Shan Railways Paid. Price. Business don, 100 Itlantio &St Lawrence all 58 60 Sk Bom., Baroda&.Cen6lo.o 100 101 102 1014 Gu. 6 per cent. 20 Do. New . ...... 8 20 Do. E. Shares 74 4 dis p 204 Buffalo and Laxelluron all a 54 10 Do. Preference .... all 74 84 'OO IBuffalo,BrantetGodria 100 75 80 6 p. at. bds. Aug. 1, 187': 100 Do. do. July 1, 187:', 100 75 80 100 Do. do. June 1, 1871 100 75 80 8t Oloutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim 100 97 9) 99 st Cape Town & Dock Scri; 100 91 96 stook I4astn. Bengal gu. sp. , 100 102 104 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c 100 101 102 1014 I 20 Do. do. G Ext 2O 194 201 20 Do. do. II do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada luo 19 21 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 71 73 100 Do. do. deferred all 60 63 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds., all CS 67 664 100 Do. do. deferred__ all 55 57 100 1)o. 3d Pref. stock 100 Do. do. deferred all 43 45 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock all 27 29 100 Do. do. deferred all 26 28 stook OtlndiaPenln.gua.sp.c 100 162 403 1024 SO Do. New gua. sp. c l2 par iv Do. January, 1862 .. stock Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 99 101 20 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 94 10 94 SOi Do. New . . 18 101104 - ; 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 89 91 100 Do. 54 p. o. do. '77-8.... all 82 81 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 4 d to stook Madras, guar., sp.c. .. 100 994 1004 stock Do. 44 p. o. Extension 100 93 95 stook Do. ti d 0........ 100 89 el 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stock Alelb.Corp. 6p. o. Bncla. 100 50 Relb. & liobson's Bay. all 08 (0 100 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Bds. all 10 Newßrunswiok at Cands, . Class A and B all 3 5 N.lll.C'da6 pc lst pi bds 100 82 84 Block SOinde (100 1004 1014, 1001 stock Do. Delhi l gi 1100 994 1004 10 Do. do t I 2 Id par at Do. Punjaub 1 all 9)4 1004 100 994 1004 Do. Do. •• •• ! stook Do. Indus. St . Flo.) 1100 95 97 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. can.uov. p.c.J stJ ul) 1877-81 100 96 09 Do. np. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 96 99 D 0.6 p. o. Mar. dr Sept 100 98 102 Do. Sp. o. Jan.&July. lOC 84 86 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 84 86 Cape G.llope, 6 p 0,1873 100 104 105 Do.Ap dt Oct. 1880 100 107 109 Do. 1890 100 109 111 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 107 109 :Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 11 0 112 - I Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 103 105 - !Natal Gov. 6 per cent. 100 104 107 ••••• N.13.G0v.6p.0..)a.&Ju1y 100 97 100 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oot. 100 - N. S.W. Gov. 5 p 2., HO 100 96 98 Dv. sp. c.,18(.4 to 167 f 100 96 98 Do. d0.,1888 dzupwds 100 96 98 96 !New Zealand 6 p cent 100 j- Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. sterling, 1875 lOO 99 102 :Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO 101 104 IS. Aus G6p.0.1873.& up lOO 103 107 - iVio.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 - iDo. lo a p.c. An.da)ot... 100 109 110 1091 t LAW INTELLIGENCE.--This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. Mr Commissioner Fane was the commissioner of the day and sat in chambers, there being no cases in the list. IN RE PAUL BEDFORD. This gentleman, whose name is popular, applied a few days since for protection under a patition in bankruptcy, and protection was granted. The preliminary statement now filed in court shows debts to the amount of £252 only, and the bankrupt attributes his failure to having become liable on a bill of exchange for the accommodation of his son. The amount is not stated, nor the amount of assets, as the full accounts are not required until before 10 clear days before the last examination, which has not yet been appointed, the 13th Sept., at eleven, being appointed for choice of assignees. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Pay. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. COWARDLT ASSAULTS ON FEMALES.-- , John Thomp son, ti No 5, Kilnian-tqu:.re, liiluurn, described as a com mercial traveller, was charged before Mr Knox with assaulting two young women named Caroline Knight and El:en Davis, at the Anglesea tavern, Haymarket. Caroline Knight raid she went into the Anglesea tavern, Hayrnaket, that morning, shortly before one, when she saw the prisoner strike a female. She made a remark, by way of expostulation, to the prisoner, when ho struck her in the eye with a stick and also cut another female across the mouth with the stick. The prisoner then made his escape into a stable in Anglesea-yard, and on his leaving it at 3 o'clock she gave the prisoner in charge. In answer to Mr Knox, the constable who took the pri soner into custody (Connell, 102 C), said the conip!ainant Davis was not in attendance. She had been hurt a good deal. The prisoner said ho was extremely sorry, but he was inebriated at the time. Mr Knox asked what the females were. Connell said they were prostitutes. Mr Knox said that prostitutes the females might be, but the prisoner had no right to assault them. He considered the prisoner had behaved in a very cowardly manner, and intoxication was no excuse for crime. He should fine the prisoner £5, or in default, a months imprisonment. A TROUBLESOME CHARACTER. Jane Clarke, an elderly woman, who has been en many occasions very troublesome to the police, was charged before Mr Knox with begging and using abusive language towards Mr Ferdinand Swift, 94, Princes-street, Hanover-square. Mr Swift said at an early hour this morning the prisoner asked him for alms in Princes-street. He gave her a half penny, that being all the change he had, when she set to abueing him in the foulest manner. He then gave her into custody. George Thorpe, 88 C, proved hearing the prisoner make use of very foul language towards Mr Swift. James Fryer, officer of the Mendicity Society, said he had known the prisoner as an incorrigible beggar fsn about 16 years, and she had been convicted at several police-courts. .The prisoner said she had a few articles for sale, and it was hard an honest person could not live without being interfered with. The constable said the prisoner had not got anything for sale. Mr Knox committed her for a month, and as she was leaving the dock she threw up her eyes and exclaimed "Thank God, we shall meet in heaven some day." WESTMINSTER. PICKPOCKETS AT THE HORTICULTURAL GARDENS.— Thor:vas Dempsey, a young man fashionably dressed, was placed at the bar before Mr Ingham, charged with attempt. ing to pick pockets at the Horticultural Gardens, South Kensington. William Bell, 281 B, said that at 20 minutes to 6 o'clock on the previous evening he was on duty in plain clothes on the terrace of the gardens, when he observed the prisoner and a youth by whom he was accompanied whose conduct attracted his attention. He saw them plunging into the midst of the crowd, and watched them. Prisoner went up to a lady in a black silk dress and put his right hand into her pocket. He was covered partially by his companion, notwithstanding which witness saw that prisoner's hand was empty when he withdrew it. Prisoner then changed hi. , position, and, screened by his companion, tried another lady's pocket without success. He next walked to the centre entrance, and placing himself by the side of an elderly lady, put his hand in her pocket and withdrew it closed, and witness then seized him, while a fellow officer inquired whether the lady had lost anything, and during that time his companion escaped. The lady said she did not miss anything from her pocket. Mr Ingham—Do you know anything of the prisoner ? Witness—l believe he was in custody on the 4th of May, 1861, for picking pockets at the Volunteer Review in Hyde Park, and had three months' hard labour. Prisoner—l deny every word he says ; I dont know any thing about ladies' pockets. lie says there was another with me, why did he take me alone—why didn't he take him as well ; if we were doing this why should I only be here—it ain't right. Mr Ingham—The officer says he believes you have been in custody before. Prisoner—There is not a word of truth in it. Mr Ingham— Well, now we'll see about that; I shall re. mend you for a week, and then we shall seo whether you are known, and it will give time for inquiries. THAMES. ETEALINO GOODS IN TRANSIT —IMPORTANT PROSE CUTION.—AIfred Hunter, carman, aged 19, of No. 2, Red lead-lane, Wapping, and Alfred Ellis, confectioner, 35, were brought up on remand before Mr Partridge, charged, the first with stealing, and the other with receiving, well knowing it to be stolen, lcwt. 3 quarters 91b. of indigo, valued at £4O. Mr Sleigh, barrister, defended Ellis. The prosecutor in this case is Mr Thomas Anastasio Raphael, colonial merchant, of Winchester—buildings, City, and indigo merchant, of Old Ford, Bow. On Wed nesday last Hunter received directions to proceed to the factory at Old Ford, and bring away 29 cases of indigo, which were to be conveyed to the goods station of the Great Northern Railway Company in Crutched-friars, for conveyance to Liverpool, In consequence of alarm ing deficiencies in cases of indigo which Hunter carted on previous occasions, and on one to the extent of £3O, a communication was made to Inspector Honey of the K division, at the Bow station, who deputed Lewis Lambert, a police-constable, No. 311 K, to watch the proceedings of Hunter, who received eight cheats of indigo only at Old Ford. He was to deliver those at the railway station and return for 21 more. Instead of proceeding direct to Crutched- friars, he drove his horse and van a very cir cuitous route by the Victoria-park gate, Hackney, Bethnal green, Hackney-road, and other places, to Whitechapel and Stepney. He then proceeded to Gloucester-street, Com mercial-road East, when he stopped his van at the premises of the prisoner Ellis, wholesale confectioner, No. 671 Glou cester-street. The folding gates of Ellis's premises were immediately opened, one of two men who accompanied Hunter carried a sack of indigo, which he took off the van, into Ellis's workshop. Hunter took a second sack of in digo off the van and carried it into the same place. The van was then driven away to the Goods Station by Hunter. Previous to his arrival there Lambert waited on the clerks and requested them to weigh the indigo, when it was delivered. They did so, and there was a deficiency of 1 cwt. 3 qrs. 9 lbs., valued at £lO. The plunder had been going on by extracting indigo from the cases during the long drive by two men, confederates of the prisoners. Lambert after wards proceeded to the premises of Ellis in Gloucester-street and saw him and his wife, He asked Ellis if he had taken in any indigo, to which he replied I have not. Lambert instantly searched the place and found two sacks of indigo covered with old sacks "under a sort of counter." The weight was exactly 1 cwt. 3 qrs. 9 lb., and it Ras identified by Mr Raphael's clerks as his property. Lambert asked Ellis how ho accounted for the indigo, and ho said he was not at home when it was delivered, and that a carman named Watson, whose waggon broke a6wn, left it there and intended to return for it. Lambert said the indigo is stolen property, and I shall take you into custody. The hands, dress, and face of Ellis were all over indigo blue, and it was plain he had been meddling with indigo. The constable believed that £5O worth of Mr Raphael's indigo, stolen by Hunter, had found its way to the premises of Ellis on a former occasion. The defence set up by Mr Sleigh for Ellis was that the indigo was left on his premises in his absence. He also said Ellis was a respectable man, and had been a manu facturer of confectionery articles for the trade for many years. Inspector Honey asked for another remand. Mr Partridge remanded the prisoner for a week. He refused bail for either, and said his colleague, Mr Paget, had also refused bail on Thursday last. What does the new popular Paris cry, "-Eh ! Lambert I" mean ? asks the Reader. Is it political, or what? As to the story of the farmer and his wife visiting Paris for the first time, and the latter, getting separated in the crowd trona her husband, asking everybody she met, " Have you seen Lambert ?" (her husband's name)—that, of course, is nonsense. What, then, does it moan ? Here is "La stule veritable Chanson : Eh I Lambert 1' chantee au Cafe-Concert du XIXe &ode," to be sold at Mr. the hundred, or 30fr. the thousand. What does it mean? The Malta Observer says :—A deliberate murder was committed on Tuesday lust at the Floriana bar racks, near the parade ground, by a private of the let batta lion of the 22d Regiment, named John Burns. It appears that Sergeant Ludgate, of the same corps, had reported Burns for some breach of regulation, which was punished with four days' drill; and the cowardly murderer took an opportunity on Tuesday afternoon, whilst the poor sergeant wan reposing on his bed, to fire at him with his rifle and kill him on the spot. The culprit was immediately arrested by the guard, and has been handed over to the civil autho rities for trial before Criminal Court and a jury. After the holding of a medical inquest on the body t,f the murdered sergeant, his mortal remains were interred yes terday evening with military honcurs. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, BETTING AT AIA.NCIIESTER-FRIDAY. There was a fair attendance at the Subscriptions Rooms to-day, but the business done was limited, and confined ex clusively to the St. Leger. sto 2 was offered on the field, and taken to £2OO about Blair Athol. In other respects betting was unimportant. Ci os i sg prices : ST. LEGER. 5 to 2 agst Blair Athol (taken and offered) 5 to 2 agat General Pcel (take 3to 1 freely) 12 to 1 agat Miner (wanted) 20 to 1 agst El) (offered) 109 to 3 Knight of Snowden (wanted) 100 to 3 agst Breeze (offered) 40 to 1 agst Master Richard (wanted) 59 to 1 agat Vanqu'sher (taken) 100 to 1 agst Calista colt (taken and wanted) The Deterioratbn of Racehorses, -- a --- (Rein the Sp - J -6v Gazette.) Those who mourn over the past glories of British racers, should at least take care to tem themselves at all points be. fore they provoke retorts. In another column, we give a narrative of the life and dongs of Hambletonian, a horse who was never fairly beaten; and as agains'., whom, there fore, we may reasonably talc) the strongest ground as the undoubted champion of his day. We doubt not that most of our readers have imagined—first, that he ran over all sorts of courses during a berg and punishing career; next, that he carried weights at which these degenerate days may look with mingled awe and wonder; and thirdly, that the competitors who strove to wrest from his honoured brow the laurel of victory vere as might reasonably be ex pected through such a longcareer, almost countless. The stern page of historydispels, we regret to say, nearly every illusion under these several heads. In five long years, the season beginning in Marcia and ending in October, Hambletonian ran but 17 Imes, and six out of these were practically matches. He never ran heats, for which, even at this distant date, we nay be permitted to rejoice; and the distances which he hid to cover varied from "Across the Flat" to four miles ; and with respect to this, it may be observed that the Leger course, which is now rather longer than it was then, is stated as being two miles. This may, perhaps, lead to some wholesome distrust of " times" and distances in the records of ancient performances. In the next place, Hambletonian never carried crushing weights. At three years old, he carried Bst and Bst 21b, in stead of the Bst 10I1; of the present day ; and this over a mile and a half, or a so-called two mile course. In the Doncas ter Cup he carried sst Mb ; only 31b more than two year olds are now set to carry in the Feather Plate ; and we should not like to undergo the torment which the authori ties would receive at the hands of all sporting writers, our selves included, if thej proposed to reduce the weight which the winner of the Leger should carry in the Doncas ter Cup from 7st 71b to 6,t, which would be a corresponding reduction. Well might the lamenters then raise a wail at the manifest tendency olsuch a course of legislation to de teriorate the British raceaorse. The highest weight he ever carried in his life was 8s 10lb, find this at seven years old. In the race for the Cravln Stakes, at Newmarket, he car ried Bst 91b A. F. Thirdly, the horses against which Hambletonian ran were few in number. S veral he met twice or three times, and the account befor us makes out that out of the 54 losers, whom it disclose, there are only 38 different horses. Be this as it may, it is atindantly clear that it is easier, for instance, to frighten awe; 7 out of 12, and beat the remain ing 4, than it is to perforn a corresponding feat with 250 subscribers, and 30 or 40 Starters ; and this remark applies as well to the Derby, Oals, and Leger winners, whom he severally defeated, as to hinself. Diamond, indeed, to whom ho gave 31b only, appears :o have been a fair average horse; his price was only £5OO bought out of Hambletonian's stable; in matches, wiich supply the clue to merit which handicaps do now, ie usually figures but moderately; and, taking the last math made for him as a specimen, he receives a year aid 71b from another named Warter, And it may also be not unreasonably in ferred—from the fact th.t, although he had only beaten some halt dozen animals,they laid 3 to I on him at York, and 6 to 4 on him for the St. Leger—that his opponents were not first-rate. Now, the nineteenth cattury mag may fair;; ark whether such overwhelming supeiority has been proved. Thor manby ran, if we leme m br right, thi r t een times as a ,t)vo year old against all sorts cf horses, and won the Derby also, almost before the age at wiich Hambletonian had appeared in public—at any rate, beore he did anything great; and if it be remarked, "so nuch the worse for our present system," it may be replitd, " Yes, that may be so, but the point now at issu , is, whether the animal him• self is diminished in size aid power, not whether all is got ont of him by us which night be." It is what logicians call iporatio clenchi wlich would thus shift the true issue. Thormanby, again carried in the Atcot Cup 211 b more than he would hav: had in 1776, according to the then scale of weights. Even in matches, the winner of the past 3-ear's Leger carried 7st 71b as a four year old in the September following while this very day Blair Athol is made to carry a weight which Hambletonian never carried in his life, and at an age when the latter laboured under 171 b less. We think, therefore, except upon the point of time, that the allegations of the calumniators of our pro - sent race of horses are suMciently made out to lack suffi cient reliable grounds for their assertions. Bat is the time more trustworthy? No watches, no starters' fiago, courses aimoat invariably incorrectly mea sured, and exaggerated in distance, like that at Doncaster. These are the materias out of which reports of wonderful feats, contradictory and inconsistent. are to be manufac tured, to be handed down, not in the pages of the Calendar, or by official records, but by the uncertain tradition of father to son. The perfirmance of Firetail is now pro perly given us as fabulous, but it rests upon equally sure testimony with those of Childers and Company. May not they, also, be fallible witnesses ? In justice to Flying Childers, however, we ought to correct an error in the article.vhich appeared in the last Quarterly Renew. The "Round Course" was then 3 miles 6 fur. 93 yards. In 1806 it was "destroyed, and the new one not finished," which entry appears for several succeeding Calendars. All mentioa of it then disappears until 1818, when it reappears, figuriyg, as now, at 3 miles 4 fur, 187 yards. Even this, however, d oes n ot prove that the time taken is correctly represented. We shall turn to this topic again, and shall hope to prove to demonstration that the old time is no better than the new; and the last brick of the edifice being then removed, breeders may take comfort in thinking that it is not true that they alone have stood still, that while every other domestic animal has done credit to attempt at' improvement, every art and every science have advanced, they alone have con trived to spoil the treasure which nature has given us, and ruin the noblest legacy w hi ch our forefat h ers ' i n d ustry has handed down to the pr esent day. The Destruction of fi r , Ooxwell's Balloon at Leicester. A meeting convened by the mayor, Mr G. Baines, was held in the Town-hall, Leicester, on Wednesday evening, for the purpose of considering the propriety of entering into a subscription to mitigate the loss which Mr Coxwell had suffered in the destruction of his balloon at the late Fores ters' demonstration on the Leicester race course. The Mayor presided. In opening the proceedings his worship said be felt desirous of giving the inhabitants of Leicester an oppor tunity Pillions upon the matter, and determining of min expressingshouldingwhat thi r l' be done to remove the stigma which he feared at present rested upon the town. He thought their present business Was to see how far they could assist Mr Coxwell in his lost without entering minutely into the causes of the disturbante, or e ndeavouring to ascertain who was most to blame. But while from his position he felt anxious that some restintion should be made, he knew that Leicester had been subjected to most gross misrepresenta tion upon the matter, and most foul and dastardly a ttacks had been made upon theinhabitants through certain reports or articles in the London papers. M r C ounc i llor Crossley moved a resolution to the effect that th e mee ti ng regrette d the p er petrated. upon Mr C ox well, as to wher e th e bl am e e o no e Pmum enter into a subsc r ipti on towar d s ought ulagd ho without i t r o a gr e e st offeringit which p r opo had s ea d b u been making up the lose. MrAlderman E. S. Ellie seconded the motion. Mr T. Emery sad he sympathised with the object of the meeting, but thought they should be careful h o w the town under the presidency of the Mayor might happen to endorse by any act the vile representations which had gone forth to the country. He thought the resolution should be more distinctly worded, ea as to repudiate any necessary committal of the town to the act of demolition through the fact of its subscribing towards the loss. They need not then recount all the circumstances which had brought aboat the disgraceful act, but it was known that Mr Coxwell had attempted to ascend out of a crowd of thousands of persons, and that the bad blood which had been manifested towards him had been imported into the town. But he (Mr Emery) protested against the assumption of the London press, that it was the working classes who wore alone chargeable with this violence, and that as a consequence they must be kept from the exercise of political power. For Mr Coxwell had most distinctly stated in his published letters that the originator of false reports on the ground was a "professional gentleman," and that another of the principal disturbers was oce who paid his three guineas belon ge d t o the class es were t o b e for pri v a i i e s g e a e t d i o n r d t e h r e s c a And , a d u y d e t t o h n e a e w q o u r e k n i n t l g y managed fete, in y iceater people could d w e h n i i c e h d a t l h l e c i l r a r s i s g e h s t w s e because l a e t n f e t h i ß s ü b t a L d e l better bear to be called felons oven, than they could endure the insinuation that they were fools. Bat on account of this balloon affair they had been designated as something windy and frothy. lie thought that was a reflection upon the mayor and all the distinguished gentlemen who held office and gave character to Leicester. Several members of the Order of Forester., having expressed a desire to take part in the subscription, the resolution was put and carried unanimously. A committee having been formed to carry out the object, the meeting separated on a vote of thanks to the mayor, The Extraordinary Trial for Murder in Prance. The La Bastide affair still continues to take up columns of the newspapers. On Monday considerable animation reigned in the precincts of the court, for it was reported that Jacques Latour had declared that something new was about to turn up. The prisoner had worked himself up into a great state of excitement, and had announced to Master Joffres, his defender, that "the day of glory has arrived I the sun is about to dissipate the darkness, and before the jury the accused is about to become accuser." When La tour entered the court he drew his notes from his pocket and smoothed his hair; his face hod become contracted ; he was paler than usual, and could ill conceal his irritation. The evidence given on the previous day by several old fel low prisoners had greatly agitated him, and as they were giving their testimony he rose, then sat down, clenched his , hands; and shook with his grasp the railing behind which he was placed. At every moment he seemed as if he were ' about to spring upon the men brought forward to prove that they had seen the comb found upon the bed of the murdered Raymonde Berge in the possession ot the accused. The Hercules, on the contrary, maintained his usual atti tude, sitting impassable with his arms crossed. Latour completely lost his temper, and declared he would no longer be defended, ho had no confidence except in the members of the jury. He declared that the veil was about to be torn, and that already some of its rags had fallen. The prisoner then became furious; glancing round the court— " Yes," cried he, " I am innocent, and you, gentlemen of the jury, public minister and witnesses, are about to be as ' toniehed with this drama, half comic, half tragic." The proceedings then continued, and several witnesses were called, who all testified that they had seen the comb pro duced by the Crown with Jaques Latour. Again the pri soner became violent, declaring that he had no confidence in the judge, that it was useless to go on, that ho had bet- ter be killed at once. At the order of the judge the police tried to force Latour to keep his seat, but as he continued to struggle and swear, it was decided that he should be sent back to prison, and that the trial should go on without him. This calmed Latour, who had no idea of not watching his own case, and he was permitted to remain. The principal points which it was then sought to prove were that the money found on the prisoner did not belong to him, that he spoke of the crime at Baillard, before it was known to the public, that he was in the neighbourhood on the night in question, that he was a man, however frail in appear ance, of great strength, that he smoked, and that his cha racter was generally bad. With regard to the last charge, Jean Ferrier, a gendarme, had a curious tale to tell related to him by Latour. " Jacques Latour," he said, " who had been shut up at Lentein, tried to make friends with me ; he confided to me that he was a clever robber, and had plun dered a cure of 1,000 francs. He got into the cure's house by pretending to be a pedlar selling handeerchiefs. The cure would not buy any. Latour insisted, and finished by tempting the servant, to whom he gave for three francs a handkerchief that was worth six. The cure opened a cup board, and took from a purse the money to pay him. Latour resolved to appropriate it. In going away he remarked a place under the staircase where he could hide himself, and he crept into it. At night he stole out and lifted the latch ot the cure's door. The latch made a little noise, and the cure, raising his head, said in a rage, That b— of a ser vant has left the door open.' (Laughter.) Latour remained at the foot of the bed waiting till the cure went off again, when he opened the closet and took the purse." Latour called several witnesses in his favour, who declared he had a large sum of money before the murders at La Bats • tide—that four men, strangers to the place, of suspicious mien, and who could give no account of themselves, had been seen in a wood near the chateau Baillard, and that one man had threatened a person who could be none other than M. Lassalle. The prosecution then commenced against Audouy, who tried hard to prove that on the night of the 25th (that of the murder) he slept at a eertain house. The books of the house showed he did sleep there on that night, but then it was shown that the person who had entered the. date had made a mistake, and that Audouy had only slept in the house on the night following. The Prooureur Imperial then tried to prove that Audouy also had spoken of the assassination before it was generally known. Audouy in sisted that he was innocent. The president said, " You have, perhaps, been the instrument of men being in want of your strength. You wculd no doubt be culpable, but you would be less so than those who conceived and coldly hatched the crime. Your duty is to make known your accomplices—justice will take your conduct into account' Audouy replied " If there were a million of culpable per sons I would make them known if I knew them." Latour, a : this indication of weakness on the part of the prosecution, must !lave plucked up courage. On the next day the trial went on% gnd Audouy appears to have made a slip. He appealed to .Lltour on a point of no interest to say if he (Audouy) knew t` pea messieurs." President—Who ? ces messieurs ? Audouy—Latour. President—Aud who else? Come, a good movement—. it concerns your head. Audouy —I can say nothing more. Later in the day a strange altercation ensued between Latour and Audouy, one prisoner examining the other, the latter bringing accusations against the former. Latour—But he thought ho was there. Audouy (hesitating whilo Latour looked at him fixedly) I dont say that Latour was there, only I heard every one speak ill of him, and say he was there. Then I said" Well, ho might say I was there." Latour—Then ho speaks like a parrot. Audouy then declared he had no confidence in Latour, and explained this by saying that he was a robber, though he never saw Latour steal. He believed all the ill spoken of him. Latour—Tben if he believes that the witnesses have tes tified truly against me, he must also believe the charges brought against himself, and in that case he also is guilty. Latour, after this piece of logic, smiled, and sat down pleased with his reasoning. Audouy (upset by this incident)—What do you wish me to say; Do with me what you will. I have never known M. Latour. Cut 1 2,e in bits. lam innocent. (Frolonged sensation.) The Hercules was again exhorted to confess, but declared as before that he knew nothing.. On the way back to prison a violent recrimination took place between the two accused. It, is reported that Latour will wake serious reve lations, which will throw light upon the whole affair. Murder in Worcestershire. Yesterday a man named John Butler, keeper of ono of the navigation locks on the River Severn at Holt Fleet, about six miles from Worcester, was lodged in Worcester county gaol on the coroner's warrant charged with the wil ful murder of Catherine Gulliver, his housekeeper. The accused is 62 years of age, and the deceased was about 44. The prisoner is the oldest servant of the Severn Improve ment Commissioners, and had charge of the locks at Holt. Four years ago his wife died, and the deceased woman went to live with him as his housekeeper, and there could be no doubt that they lived together as man and wife. Some jealousy arose between them. On one occasion the prisoner threatened to drown the deceased, an d ;hehad consequently appealed to the police, and the c m car o f tio district had re monstrated with Butler, and cautioned hints to his con duct. On Saturday, the 13th inst., which was the last time the deceased was seen alive, she went to a neighbot e r's at half-past 11 at night, and said Butler had threatened to her out. She then proceeded towards Butler's house, and cries were heard proceeding thence at about 12 o'clock. The deceased was heard to say, "You --old scamp, you old villain." A lockman named Harris and his wife heard this, and also a noise like the bleating of a sheep. The noise at first appeared to proceed from between Butler's house and the look (about 30ft distant), and gradually grew fainter. They did not interfere, thinking it was only an ordinary quarrel between the two. Mrs Gulliver was never seen afterwards alive, and when Butler was questioned about her he answered in a sullen wanner, and evasively. The Harriaes asked Butler on the Sunday if it was Mrs Gulliver that was bleeding at midnight, and he with some hesitation replied that it was. The neighbours do not appear to have had their suspicion aroused until three days had elapsed, wh en ru mours got abroad that Mrs Galliver had been foully dealt with. The Rev. J. G. Rugers, the officiating clergyman in the parish, visited Butler, and questioned him about her, but he made no answer to his inquiries beyond saying that he did not know where she was. This con firming the suspicion excited, Butler was on Wednes day taken into custody. When charged by the constable with the murder of the woman he made no remark beyond the words, "Oh dear I Oh 1" On the same day the body of the deceased was found about 20 yards below the lock in the Severn at Holt. Mr Burigny, surgeon, Omberaley, who examined the body of the deceased, deposed to the condition in which he found it. Ho believed death to have been caused partly by a blow and partly by drowning. It was proved that the lock was full of water late on Saturday night, and that it appeared in the same state en Sunday morning. On Sunday the gates were raised so as to pass water out of the lock into the river. A labouring man Knight proved that ho saw the prisoner standing by the side of the lock at half-past 5 o'clock on the Sunday morn ing. He was looking anxiously into the lock, and on seeing Knight he retired to his house, peeped from the door, and watched him go away. The bonnet of the deceased, which had been torn from her head, was produced by the police, and the coroner having addressed the jury, they returned a verdict of wilful murder against John butler, who was accordingly committed for trial, VALUE OF LAND IN NORTH WALES.--Messrs. Leifchild and Cheffins offered a further portion of the Mostyn estates at the Town-hall, Ithyl, on Tuesday, the 16th They comprised several fine farms, valuable accommodation lands, extensive woods and plantations, and nearly the entire an cient borough town of Caerwys, containing together about 2,200 acres. The estate was put up in one lot (though divided into 128 lots in the particulars of sale) at £70,000, and, after a spirited competition, was knocked down at £35,000, including the timber, to Mr Hugh Jones, of Wood-street, Cheapside, who received the hearty congratulations of a very large company on his purchase. As a proof of the inadequate rentals at present received, we are authorised to state that 45 years' purchase was realised at this sale. — Gambian Daily Leader. MARKETS--This Day. COVENT GARDEN. Our market is seasonably well supplied win most de scriptions of fruit, but the show of vegetables is small. The trade, on the whole, is firm at annexed rates FRUIT. 8. d. s. d. S. d. s d Pine apples 5 oto . 6 0 Mutherries,p rpt 0 6 too 7 Foreign do., each 0 9to 2 0 Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 Grapes,per 10•• • • 2 6to 5 0 Foreign ditto, pun° oto 0 0 Foreign do 0 oto 0 0; Filberts, per lb .. 0 Bto 1. 0 Melons Nectarines, per dz 0 oto 0 0 : Cobnuts, per lb ... 0 oto u o Apples, per ht-sv. 1 3to 2 6 , Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100 8 oto 14 0 Peaches, per do.— 4 o to 1 0 0 Lemons, per 100 4 oto S 0 Currants, per ki.s.v 0 oto 0 0 GooseberrieshlSVOJ oto 0 o Plums, per do. 0 oto 9 0 Strawberries pr pt 0 oto 0 0 , G reengages, pr (10.4 oto 0 0 .. VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 3 oto 4 0 , Shallots, per lb 0 oto 0 Cabbages, pr doz. 1 oto 1 0 Horseradish pdo 1 oto 1 11-,(.1 ditto 0 oto 0 0 Parsley, per ' ditto f) oto 0 0 Savoy do., pr dz 0 oto 0 0 Celery, per ditto 0 uto 0 0 Cauliflowers, pdz 0 oto 2 0 Beet, pe r d oz. oto 0 0 lirocoli sprouts Potatoes, per tonloo oto 15i 0 Small salad, p. pn 0 oto 0 0 New ditto, pr cwt 0 oto 0 0 j Mushrooms. p pt. 0 o to 0 C Turnips, dz bunch 3 oto 4 0 Artichokes, each o ot o 0 0 Carrots,pr do 4 oto 5 6 Cos lett, score .. 0 oto 0 0 Cucumbers 0 4to 1 6 Mint and savory..o uto o 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz finds 0 oto 0 0 Green peas, h.-sy. 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto o o French beans,h.s. 1 6to 2 0; Chillies, par ditto 0 oto 0 0 Onions, doz. bn.. L uto 2 0; Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 New Do., dz bun 0 to 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 oto 0 0 Spinach 0 oto 0 0, Asparagus, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Brussels sprouts 0 oto 0 u, Seakale, par bun. 0 oto 0 o SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOC&S. Sharei Railways. et 10 et et 50 20 10 10 81r.,1V01., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat. andMid.Co Bristol andt2teter Cakdoitlatl . • Cork and Bandon 'Cornwall _ 1 0.16.4 12.10 Do A 1 A Vets no dis D o. B tilltipc.p an. hae boon pr.id to B. Dybliti,i4 . Belfast June IDtn.,Pertli,&A.b. June !Edinburgh & Glasgow tilasg. and S. Western I Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stc'ck Ditto East Anglian st !G reatNorthof Scotland !Great Northern Do A stock Do 6 do IGt. S. amt W. of Irelan 'Great Western !Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & I orkshir, !London and Madman I Lon., Ilright.,& S. Coast Lou., Chat., and Dover ,Lon. & North Western Lott. & So'.th Western Man., Slut., k Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Dog shares... Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Binning. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Irclano Do. y shares Mid Beat Do Cray Line North British Perth. & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwie, Do, G.N.E. purohast Do .Leeds Do York Do Carlisle ! North London Do New North Statrordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stook Do Scot. Mid, stock Shrews. and Welohpool Shropshire Union ' !South DeTOII ..... !South Eastern !South Wales 'S. York. and River Dun !Staines,Wok.,andWok Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1886 I Do B Tali Vale- I Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R I West Midland -Oxford! Do Newport! Do Hereford; Paid. P r i ce. Closing Business done. 86 48 1241 125 k 1251 5 6 7 32 34 16 17 89 91 112 111 47 18 7 74 131 133 146 148 131 t 33 90 82 CBl 6c? 1161 1161 66 68 1O t it 3 40 42 116 1161 98 19 6 G 6 1121 11:1i 136 134 106 108 54; 654 254 't6i , 1051 1063 64 66 93 Of 126 129 P 75 76 10i 11 126 130 SO 41 57 59 35 $7 S7l 'lOl 103 7 8 36 37 10i llf 8 9 165 173 6 7 3 4 p 101 103 34 30 BRITISH MINES. 2 I Uambriau Coneol. Gold 1 Id Ulifford Amalgamated.. 30 32 Devcn G. Con.. (Tavist.) 1 580 590 East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 67 69 East Clogau Gold Ltd. East Caradon 9.14.6 27 28 - East Carn Brea . . 1.4.0 71 71 E. W'l Russel (Tavistk.) 8.13. t, 5 51 - ,Gam.kSt.Aubyn(Gwen 581 I 5 7 Great South Tolgus.... 17s 2 2* .(3. Wheal Vor (Ralston 40 27 29 'Grenville.. I ElercAl's-Foot s . 8.12 /18 40 Illingston Downs 4.18.0 31 41 'Lady Bertha - ;Margaret (Gny LeJant vi 7 9 I Alarke Valley.. 4 Slyndy Iron Oro (Lim ; 2/ 11 1 4 New Setun lOl 75 85 —• North Downs 3 11 11 - ,N.WICI Basset(lllo4 - an, 3.1.0 2 21 North Wheat Crotty - ear Consols (St. Blazey; Providenee(Uny Lelnt.) 10.0.7 40 42 South Caradon(St.Cleer„ 11 480 500 S. Carte Brea (Illogan) — S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan; 18.18.9 421 476 Stray Park 30.17.6 28 30 - famar Silv.dt Lead Min. - fin Croft 9 )81 191 • West Basset (Illoran) ll 81 91 W Cr radon (Lisiteard) 9 9.t 191 West Seton Wheel Basset (11logan, 6* 92 85 Wheal 13uller(Itedruth, 10 18 20 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 - Wheal Lud , ott Wheal Mary Ann ;Lien ) 8 14 16 Wheal 13eton 5Bl 1215 220 Wheal Treiawney (Lis ) 7 I 19 21 Wheal Union 4 111 11 2 FREEERENCE SHARES. North Eastern, York, IL and Selby purchase, 10 I North Eastern, Stockton and Darlington, B 6 per cent., 321 Ditto, 6 p:r cent4C, 321- PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 45 per cent. pf., Ditto, new 5 per cent. pf, 7 FORM GS RAIL WAYS. Dutch Ehenish,'lsi Paris, Lyons, and Mediterranean, 36 San ['auto (lim.), eua. 7 per cent., 10 Ditto, (all), 18} i FOREIGN MINNA. Yudanamutaua of S. Australia, llm., BANK& &Mance (lim.). 61} Anglo Austrian. 71 Anglo-Italian, Um., 51 Australasia, 745 3/ Bank of Egypt, 271 Brazilian and Portuguese, lira., 121 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 37 61 Consolidated Bank, lim., 101 Continental, lim., 151 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 202 European Bank, lim., 131 14 Imperial Bank of °Jana, India,7and Japan, lim,, (31 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 55 f London and County, 735 4 Midland Bank (lim.), 20} Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, lim., 125 South E :stern, lim., 54 9 MISCELLANEOUS. Commercial Union, Insurance, 81 Consolidated Discount, liin., 71 Contract Corporation, lim., 21 Credit Foncier of Mauritius, lim„ Credit Mobidcr, 12i Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lim., 31 Electric Telegraph, 105 i Fore-street Warehouse, Jim., fi Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., 6; Humber Iron Wo ks, 1 Duped Mercantile Credit A sso., lim., International Financial -ociety, lim., 9i i Londou Financial Association, lim., Ditto, new, 19 National Discount Company, Urn., 14 '3l , peninsula and Oriental Steam, 804 West India and Pacific Steam, lira., 13 BARON MAROCHETTI, it appears, is now in Glas gow arranging the site of the Albert monument to be erected there. THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE.--W e are sorry to announce that his Grace the Duke of Newcastle ex perienced a slight relapse on Friday last, but happily not of a nature to odiously alarm his many friends. His Grace has since been gradually improving. The Earl and Countess of Lincoln arrived at Clumber on Saturday last. We under stand preparations are making for the permanent residence at Clumber of the Hun. Lady Susan, widow of the late Lord Adolphus Vane Tempest, and only daughter of the noble duke,—.Yoteingnana iovrnal. Vitt SUN, LONDON, SATURDA EVENING, AUGUST 27, 1864. 1484 f 111 116 f 98 4 65i 113 13d i POULTRY. Turkeys, Os Od to Os Od ; geese, 4s Od to 6s Od each - goslings,l Os Od to Os ; ducks, 2 s Od to 3 s Gd; ducklings, Os Od to Os Od; rabbits, is Od to Is 6d each; wild do., is to is ld ; pigeons, Os 5d to Os 8d each; Surrey fowls, 8s Od to 12s 6d ; chickens, Gs Od to 8s Od; barn door fowls, 3s Od to 6s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 2s 6d to Os Od ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os 0(1 each ; pheasants, Os to Os Od ; partridges, Os to Os Od ; woodcocks, Os to Os Od; snipes, Od to Os Od; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, Os 01 to Os Od ; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od; plovers, Os Od to Od each; guinea; fowls, Os Od to Os Od; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each; Ostend fresh butter, is to is 2d ; English, is 2d to is 4d per lb ; English eggs, Ss Od to Os Od ; French do., 6s Cd to Os Od per 100 ; leverets, is Gd to 4s Od ; grouse, 2s Od to 3s 6d. BILLING SLATE. Salmon, is Od to is Gd ; trout, Od to Od ; eels, 5d to 10d ; prawns, Os; pike, skate,. sturgeon, and halibut, Gd per Ib ; turbots, 10a Od to 30s ; cod, Os Od to Os Od ; brills, 2s Od ►to 6s Od ; doreys, 2s Gd to lOs Od ; mullets, Os 6d to Is 6d ; lobsters, 2s to 5s Od; crabs, 2s to 5s Od ; plaice and gurnets, Od to Os Od each; soles, is to 58 Od per pair; common oysters, Ms to 20s; natives, 71s to 80s per bush. ; whitings, Gs Od to 12s; haddocks, 12s to 30s ; smelts, Os Od to Os Od; flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, —s to -s per 100 ; fresh herrings, 7s to Ss per 100 ; bloaters, Os to Os per 100 ; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s Sd to 4s 8d ; lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 4d ; veal, 3s 85 to 4s 6d; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 6d per Slbs, by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s ; mutton, 3s 81 to 4s 8d; lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 4d; veal, 3s 8d to 45 6d; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 6,1 per Blbs by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 61d to id , of household do., 5d to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, OGlb to Gllb, 3d to 31d ; 641 b to 721 b, 34d to 31d ; 721 b to 801 b, 3id to 4d ; 8010 to 881 b, 4d to 4}d ; 881 b to 961 b, 41d to 5d ; 961 b to 104 M, —d to Od ; 104th to 1121b,—d to —d. Horse hides, lOs Od to lls Od ; calf skins, light, 2s Od to 3s 6d ; full, 7s Gd to Os Od ; polled sheep, Os Od to Os Od ; half••breds, —s Od to —s Od ; Downs, —s Od to —s Od; lambs, 3s 6d to 7s 6d; shearlings, 3s ld to Os Gd. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF -PAST 4 oCLocK. AUSTRIA. - - - " It is afilemed," says the I; renzdenblatt of Vienna, "that the Emperor Francis Joseph has replied to the King of Prussia's invitation by a promitie to be present at the autumn znar couvres at Berlin. It is thought that the Emperor of Russia will arrive at Berlin at the same epoch." HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 10s to £6 lOs ; clover, £5 58 to £7 7s ; and straw, £1 88 to £1 14s per load, Trade very firm. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 lOs to £6 108 ; clover, £5 5s to £7 78 ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 14s per load. A very steady demand. WHITECHAPEL —Meadow hay,f4 lOs to £6 103; clover, £5 5s to £7 7s ; and straw, £1 88 to £1 Ils per load. Inquiry very active. SHIPPING-THIS DAY, LONDON, Aug. 27.—Wind at noon, N. W., light breeze, and fino. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH,) GRAVESEND, Saturday MorniLg. Arrived, Aug. 26.—Jan Andraes, from Emden—Skeen, from Quebec—Eagle, from Algoa Bay—Kron Princess Louisa and the Maria, from Archangel—Fides from Hui back—Sturkodder and Garibaldi, from Gefle—Albertrus, from Libau—Quoen, frcm St Petersburg—Delegate, from Charlotte Town--Harad Hiddetend, from Hernosand— Carl Forte—from Stelleften. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed—Naparima, from Trinidad—W. A. Roberts, from Porto Rico—Merle, from Barbadoes—all for London—Ada Latitia, from London, for Cape of Good Hope—Don, of Shields, from Shields, for St. John's—Seaton (es.), from Bordeaux, for Sunderland. From the report of the directors of the European Bank, to be presented to the meeting on Wednes day next, it appears that the gross profits for the nine months of its existence have reached the sum of £32,411 2s 7d, and that after deducting the expenses of management, providing for bad and doubtful debts, and rebating undue bills, the nett profits are £19,035 7s 4d. The directors have already paid an interim dividend of 15s per share, and they now propose an addition of 2s 6d per share, free of income-tax, thus making together rather more than 16 per cent. per annum on the mean capital worked during the nine months, By the teems of the amalgamation with the English and Irish Bank (Limited) the directors received a premium of £32,000. Oat of this sum they pur pose placing £21,393 10s. 10d. to a reserve fund, with a view to the total extinction of the preliminary expenses of both banks, the remaining sum of £10,606 9s. 2d. added to the balance of profits brought down, amounting together to £10,751 10s, they propose to divide amongst the holders of shares in the European Bank prior to the amalgamation with the English and Irish Bank, by the addition of ten shillings to each share of £lO paid, thus giving a bonus of 5 per cent. on the capital stock of the shareholders. The amount paid on every such share will then he £lO 104 and, by the completion of the amalgamation, the paid up capital of the Bank is raised to £400,000. NEW RAILWAYS.—Mr E. Stanford, of Charing cross, has just published a map of London, which shows at a glance the new railway projects that have re ceived the sanction of Parliament during the session of 1864. The lines in operation, as well as those previously sanc tioned, are also clearly defined, together with a great many other new schemes, such as the Albert Bridge and Ap proaches, Holborn Valley Improvement, Southwark Park, Commercial Docks, Thames Embankment, South London Markets, &c., &c. Tho principal object of the map is to familiarise the public with the places in and around the metropolis affected by the new railways ; and most certainly the idea of Mr Stanford has been clearly and distinctly car ried out. By the aid of the map before us every person can, without the slightest trouble, trace the course of the new railwa ,vst as they are all indicated by a bright red line, which s h ows i n a remarkably clear manner the direction taken. The map, all those published by Mr Stanford, is exe cuted in the est style of art, while it is at the same time remarkable for 2ta accuracy. ANTIQUITY OF MA-Y' — W O some time ago gave iervations made by MM. an account of certain ob. Garrigon and Fiala on the ota racteristics which distin guish: bones broken longitudinally in a fresh state from those broken when already deprived of a: part of their ani mal matter—the object of the observers ,!)9-ing to prove that the broken bones found together with the remains of the great pachydermata of the drift period, had be..'n split in a fresh state by the hand of man. In a recent p,: Der addressed to ,tho Academy of Sciences, M. Husson, one the most determined adversaries of the opinion which supposes man to have existed during the drift, describes an o of his latest visits to the grottoes of Sainte-Reine, near Toul, for the purpose of examining certain ancient inscriptions said to exist in one of them, which has three issues communicating with the Grotto du Labyrinthe, and the Trou de la Fontaine. This cavern is not in its natural state, having been the quarry from which the materials for building the fortifications and two churches of the town were drawn, and it had not been revisited for centuries past. M. Hasson found various ob jects of comparatively modern date in it, such as, for in stance, an iron wedge nearly eaten through by rust, the bones of various domestic animals, ashes and cinders, &o. Further on, where the pickaxe bad not penetrated, he found the remains of bears, and several bones split in two, which in his opinion had not been so by the hand of man, bat by the action of dampness and the con fined atmosphere. It would therefore remain to be seen whether the bones supposed by the former ob servers to have been broken by human beings present the same characteristics as those seen by M. Dmon. As for the inscriptions, some of them turned out to be merely the marks of animals' claws ; others were longitu dinal and transversal strokes seemingly without any mean ing at all; and lastly, lil. Hues= found the name " Christophe" cut in. So much for the antiquity of these inscriptions. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. —Early on Thursday morning a shcck- ing and fatal accident happened to a man named John Waite, a drivel on the Great Northern Railway, residing iu Doncaster. It appears that the man set oil from Don caster with the 6 20 coal train for Peterborough, and having disposed of his load, was about returning, when he got oft his engine to attend to a point. \Mile at the point, from some cause or other he tell,was run over by the engine, and killed upon the snot. His irjulies were of a most frightful nature. He has left a wife and six chi!dren to lament their London, Chatham, and Dover Railway. TESTIMONIAL TO MR. GEORGE BROWNE. A meeting, attended by the heads of the various depart ments of the London, Chatham, and Dover Rai,way, end by most of the station toasters on the line, was held on Thursday at the office of Mr Forbes, the general manager, for the purpose of presenting to the goods manager, Mr George Browne, a testimonial on the occasion of his leaving the service. The testimonial was in the form of a very handsome silver tea service, elegantly chased, and a brooch of a solid l having in the centr e a star of diamonds and p Mrs Browne. The silv c r b are t h e following ers,ior gold, inscription : " Presented to Mr George Browne, by the officers and men of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Com pany, on his resigning the office of goods' manager, which he had held since May, 1861, as a slight testimony of their high esteem and cordial regard for him, and in remem brance of the kindness and courtesy which had invariably characterised his intercourse with them. August 21, 18t4." Mr . FOLIBES, the general manager, in presenting the tes timon:al, said they knew the object of the gatherins, and the occasion must be interesting to them all—it was to show their esteem for 4 gentleman who had bean the brother ()Neer,. or the superior officer, of those present, and who had discharged difficult and important duties. Whether they acted with him as an equal, or under him they could not fail to see the advantages of having in his position such a man as Mr Browne. To some o f t h em h e was comparatively a stranger; b ut he (Mr Forbes) had known him for 23 years, and during that period he had proved himself a kind and consistent offic er. (Hear, hear.) One naturally felt satisfaction at finding an old friend improving his fortunes, but he could not i d --sguise that there was some alloy mixed with his pl easure on this occasion, in the shape of the extreme r egret which he felt in parting with so valuable and worthy an officer Be was quite sure that all Mr Browne's friends would desire kindly to remember Mrs Browne, and the delicate recollection of her shown, by adding a brooch to the testi monial, would, he was sure, meet with the concurrence of all present. Mr Browne left them with a lively recollection on their part of his kindness, and a sincere desire that his future might be as succesful as he or his best friends could wish. (Cheers.) Mr BROWNE then responded, and said he could hardly adequately express his feelings or thanks for the magnifi cent present that his brother officers had just made him. It gave him great satisfaction to feel that during the short period he had been amongst them he had won their esteem. Ile owed it to having followed the golden maxim of :Him, who knew their nature better than themselves, and who said, " Do unto others as you would be done by." Ho had much to thank his fellow officers and those under him, for they had always lent him every assistance in performing his duties ; and carried out, if not anticipated, his every wish. He should always look with interest on the London, Chatham, and Dover line, for which he be lieved there was a bright future. Turning from himself to the present to his wife, if they knew the feeling of pleasure it would give him when he presented that elegant brooch to Mrs Browne, they would envy him. He was sure she would prize it very highly, not so much for its value as for the associations connected with it (Cheers.) Wine having been introduced, the health of Mr and Mrs Browne was enthusiastically drunk. Mr hi; B. 8711TH then proposed the health of their gene ral manager, Mr Forbes. He briefly stated that in him every of f icer on the line had a friend who would support them when they did their duty honestly and conscien tiously. Referring to Mr Browne's departure, he re minded those present that that gentleman left behind him the legacy of the force of his example, the value of which they could not over-estimate, and, speaking of him, he could not do better than quote a few lines from Long fellow's poem : Lives of good men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime ; And departing leave behind us Footprints in the sand of time. Footprints that, perhaps, another Sailing o'er life's solemn main A forlorn and shipwrecked brother Seeing may take heart again. Let us then be up and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still purining, Learn to labour and to wait." Mr Mortimer Harris, the assistant manager, briefly re turned thanks on behalf of the manager, and subsequently the healths of Messrs. Harris, W. Martley, 1. Bishop, W. Mills, W. E. Johnson, heads of various departments, and Mr E. W. Brooke, assistant secretary, were drunk, and the meeting separated. LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening. WAR OFFICE, AUG. 26. MEMORANDUM.—Capt. John Fano Charles Hamilton, of the Royal Navy, late in command of her Majesty's s hi p Esk, would have been recommended to her Majesty f or the distinction of Companion of the Military Division of the Order of the Bath, had he survived the operations la which he was engaged in New Zaaland. FOREIGN OFFICE, Aua. 23. The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Dauzat Dembarrere as Consul at Gibraltar, and M. Ernest Heritte as Consul at the Cape of Good Hope, for his Majesty the Emperor of the French. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Don JOEe Sanchez Bann as Consul, and Don Carlos Chacon as Vice Consul, at Glasgow, for her Majesty the Queen of Spain. BANKRUPTS. The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im portance in the Gazette : Alfred Thwaites, jeweller, Clerkenwell GArge E. Parham, dealer in timber, Lydlinch John 'Thompson, innkeeper, Pudsey William Thomson, draper, Rochdale Charles John Chambers, commission agent, Manchester John Forrester, miller, Penrith Robert Woodward, dairyman, Islington Edwin Heaven, builder, Islington William Dean, upholsterer, Tottenhana-court•road William Wilson ' saddler, Stepney Charles Marshall, butcher, Paddington Job Cox, innkeeper, Bedford Samuel Good, furniture broker, Newport John Rodgerson, shipbuilder, Sunderland Robert Atkinson, potato dealer, East Retford James Ward, glass and china dealer, Liverpool Charles D. Butt, mining agent Liverpool Adam Thomson, draper, Rochdale BANKRU FrcIES ANNULLED. Thomas Mills, glass stainer, 188, Marylebone-road Jas Stanford, boot and shoo maker, Burlington-arcade Michael Jerdein, gentl e man, 2, Staford•street, Bond-st. sco roil BANKRUPTS. John Greenhorn, lime merchant, Braehead John Wallace, publican, Muirkirk Adam Dunn, muslin warehouseman, Glasgow Moore ana arr, wrights, Glasgow. Walter Peacock, innkeeper, Lennostown John Nicholson, farmer, Dunscore John Forrester, plasterer, Glasgow Course of Exchange,---Yesterday. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 12 1 12 11, Antwerp -..— 25 65 25 70 Brussels — 25 65 25 70 Hamburgh Paris Ditto - 25 _ _65 Marseilles Frankfort on Maine.. 1201 124 1 , ienna T rit. ste Peters, Berlin... Berlin... Madrid Uadiz .. Legh0rn........ Milan ..... Genoa ............ .,• Naples .. • Palermo Messina Lisbon Oporto 11 i - 30 11 90 11 t 0 11 90 30,1 ; 30/ 474 it 471 46b 2.5 75 25 85 2 5 77% 25 82i 25 77! 2.5 821 25 80 25 85 25 80 25 85 25 8J '25 85 51t 614 THE ENGLISHMAN DROWNED AT DIEPPE. A telegram was received in Newcastle on `Thursday, by J. Sabbage, Esq., chief constable, from th e B r i t i s h con- Nut at Dieppe, conveying the sad intelligence t h at M r R a lph leoennnage,caidechnetmalliy drowned st,bongin a g t t i o ha llte;:ot.r' port Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Wednesday,up o n - Ty andhad that the body would be interr e d on Friday Mr Sa bba g e been at once communicated with M essrs Gil i n an d Co.,chemists, of Pilgrim-street, in whos e serv i ce t h e l deceased had been for a number of yea rs , d having served h is apprentice ship withthat firm, en d l atterly ac t e d in the cap acit y of assistant. Inform at i on was a l so inunedia tel l forwarded to the deceased's sister, who resides at Brixton. Mr Young was 28 years of age, a n orp h a n, an d a son of the late Rev. Win. Youn g , o f Si erra L eone , Africa. He had been spend ing his annu a l h o lid a y t r ip, having left Newcastle about a fortnight ago for Paris, and was returning home, via Dieppe, when the deplorable accident heist him which terminated his el:istence.—Netveasile, Journal. FATAL ACCIDI:NT ON BOARD SKIP.—On Thurs day Alfred Reid, aged 14, was on board the Hebe schooner at the Custom -house Quay. While the crew were employed in raising some casks from the hold, suddenly one of the links of the chain gave way, and a cask fell ou the head of the unfortunate youth, who was standing underneath, knocking him down and fracturing his skull so extsntivOy that he citnost immediately expired.